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[HTC Aria Android Development] rocky814:
First off, thanks for this method. I am quite pleases to have a phone that can do wireless tethering.

I am currently experiencing one issue with the digital compass. Before rooting and doing the attn1 time it worked great. Now it seems to only point south. I have tried b005, b003, the rooted shipped and even doing the full restore through nandroid. I tried the figure 8 calibration, but that seemed to only get me another 20 degrees in either direction.

Do you guys have any suggestions?
[HTC Aria Android Development] blushrts:
Thank-you, my new aria is free of AT&T's bloatware.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Stern Panda:
Thanks for the response! This wasn't the problem, unfortunately.

When I was downloading the rom files on my mac it would automatically unzip them. I was recompressing them and putting them on the sd card but it must have left them unrecognizable to the phone for some reason. I downloaded them through win7/parallels and then moved them to the sd card and voila!

Thanks to everyone! I am looking forward to many rom flashes now!
[HTC Aria Android Development] drwatson1234:
I had the same problem at first. I finally got to the point that I had to download the zip directly from the phone and save it to the SD card.

I don't know how to make the Mac download it without un-zipping the file.
[HTC Aria Android Development] oahceasgnikgneas:
I believe it's a feature of safari. If you use another browser like firefox, chrome, opera, and etc. it won't automatically unzip your downloads.
[HTC Aria Android Development] michaelb420:
Ok I tried installing the b003 rom and i got a failure at line 7 i tried again and now its stuck at formatting system. any advice?
[HTC Aria Android Development] Stern Panda:
You are spot on. It can be disabled through the menus, however:

safari>preferences>general

then uncheck the option "open safe files after downloading"
[HTC Aria Android Development] orbhunterx:
First off, thanks for clearly enumerating the HTC Aria rooting and flashing process!

I'm super glad I've been able to follow along, and have Clockwork running. After loading the 003 Rom, the annoying AT&T startup was replaced as stated, yet I see the AT&T files it was suppose to delete are still present.

(Debugging in Settings is on, and signature verification is off in Clockwork)

I reloaded 003 a couple of times, watched the install and saw no problem, however the AT&T files it was supposed to delete still remain.

1.) How do I manually remove them?

Secondly, and most importantly, back to my original reason for taking this trip down the rabbit hole...

2.) Exactly how do I make the modification to allow non-Market apps to be installed on my Aria?

I already installed SQLite Manager for Firefox, but I do not understand the precise, step by step, means to get my Aria to accept unapproved apps.

Help on this is very appreciated and thanks in advance!

Update on issue #2: I installed Adroid SDK and will keep muddling through. Installed Eclipse 3.5 and ADT plugin.

After installing all that, I went to the SDK tools directory, ran Sqlite3.exe, and typed in this for Windows Vista -

sqlite> "adb remount" (enter)

"adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db" (enter)

"echo update secure set value = 1 where name = 'install_non_market_apps';|sqlite3 settings.db" (enter)

"adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db" (enter)

I then x'ed out of Sqlite and rebooted the Aria without a hitch.

The next question is: Did I use the right code at the sqlite> prompt?

If not, what did I miss and what more must I do to allow non-Market apps to be installed on the phone?

Follow up: I downloaded a third party app to the Aria, but when I clicked to install, I'm still told it won't allow it. Damn!

Any idea what I can to???
[HTC Aria Android Development] orbhunterx:
Okay!

Finally got a liberated Android!

Put the sqlite3.exe tool from Android SKD in the windows32 folder of Vista.

Then did the start, run, cmd batch file that starts with "adb remount", while the Android was connected and set as a drive.

Worked like a charm!
[HTC Aria Android Development] asiancuta:
where did you find the ATT files? I was never able to find them. i'm assuming you're talking about the .apk and .odex files?
[HTC Aria Android Development] mh333:
is it really rooted?

How can you tell for sure if your phone is rooted?
[HTC Aria Android Development] asiancuta:
hold down the Volume Down button as you power on your phone. than use the Volume down button till "recovery" is highlighted. hit the Power button to select it. if you come up to a black background screen with green letters than you're in the Clockwork Mod. you're rooted.
[HTC Aria Android Development] strykme:
Thank you very much for the easy instructions, 5 min and done ( well it took a little longer for me, missed one step).

I did run into one problem, when phone rebooted, unrevoked tool had a message "waiting for the phone to reboot", the phone did reboot but the message stayed for a few minutes, I've unplugged the usb cable from the phone, plugged it back in and the procedure finished.

Thank you again
[HTC Aria Android Development] sandhuxda:
Totally agreed. I bought a HTC Aria and googled for "HTC Aria root android" and it gave me the older post from attn1:

showthread.php?t=708233

After hours of trying that method, I discovered the easy way myself. In fact, when I came across this post, I was already half-way into posting my own method (same as this one with one additional step). They should make the noob method post sticky on this forum.
[HTC Aria Android Development] ryan92084:
worked like a charm thanks for the rewrite.
[HTC Aria Android Development] TehMan:
when trying to load the ROM that is in the OP, i am getting failure at line 9...i rooted no problem and i put the zip file on the root of my sd card, not in a folder...no thoughts?
[HTC Aria Android Development] Noobla_Khan:
Nice job! Got my Aria today, followed your instructions and I am now on Attn1's B003 rom. I didn't run a backup but I had no settings in the phone yet anyhow. Thanks again for taking the time to put this together for us Android noobs.

Thanks to Attn1 for your fine work on putting together this rom.
[HTC Aria Android Development] drjim:
Work with Windows 7?

See post below for explanation.
[HTC Aria Android Development] asiancuta:
i have windows Vista on my desktop and no access to a Windows7 computer so i can't tell you if it does or if it doesn't. i don't see why it wouldn't.
[HTC Aria Android Development] drjim:
Hit a snag in HBoot driver installation process

See post below for explanation.
[HTC Aria Android Development] drjim:
Rooting may not work with Windows 7

I can't speak for anyone else, but I tried the "NOOBZ" method of rooting my Aria on my PC which runs Windows 7. I tried multiple times and multiple ways and it just wouldn't take.

So I dug up an old (and very slow) laptop that runs XP and, guess what, my Aria rooted the first time.

Boy, did I waste hours trying with Windows 7!

Has anyone else had problems (or been successful) rooting with Windows 7?
[HTC Aria Android Development] drjim:
Unable to Root Aria on Windows 7 PC

I can't speak for anyone else, but I tried both the "NOOBZ" and "New Clarified" methods of rooting my Aria on my PC which runs Windows 7. I tried multiple times and multiple ways and it just wouldn't take.

So I dug up an old (and very slow) laptop that runs XP and, guess what, my Aria rooted the first time.

Boy, did I waste hours trying with Windows 7!

Has anyone else had problems (or been successful) rooting with Windows 7?
[HTC Aria Android Development] ryan92084:
mod is going to yell/move this soon enough but... win7 pro 64 bit. used noob method and worked like a charm.
[HTC Aria Android Development] drjim:
Maybe it was just me. We'll see what other have to say.

Why will mod "yell/move this soon enough?"

Where does it belong?
[HTC Aria Android Development] ocswing:
Most likely in one of the threads you mentioned. If possible, post questions in their relevant threads instead of a new one. They're trying to keep the forum as clean as possible so people can find the information easier.

Anyway, I'm running Win 7 Home 64-bit and did not have any issues. What exactly do you mean by not taking? Was Unrevoked giving you an error?
[HTC Aria Android Development] AzNnYx:
I was able to do it within a few hours from my comp on win 7 64 bit....gold card and timing the reboot recovery made all the difference for me.

Sent from my R2-D2 unit
[HTC Aria Android Development] cegna09:
windows 7 32bit laptop and i was able to root both the original PITA way (once) as well as the latest way. Probably an issue with dirvers.
[HTC Aria Android Development] drjim:
Okay, so I guess it was my problem with Win7.

So how do I delete a thread?
[HTC Aria Android Development] tpbklake:
I was able to use Unrevoked 3 method on Windows 7 64-bit without any issues.

Regards,

Tom
[HTC Aria Android Development] magicbyrdman:
I was able to do it on windows7 x64 you wait to wait a good bit b4 plugging in the usb after hitting the power button mine was about 3-4 seconds

windows 7 seems to recognise the usb faster and also show it as an unknown device if you hit power button and plug in at same time you get the usb connected ding then almost right after you get unplugged ding with usb error msg.

what i did to get it was to try and time it to where i was getting the usb plugged in ding sound just b4/sametime as the screen swapped from HTC logo screen to the recovery screen and that seemed to work.

its like with win 7 you have a shorter amount of time to where it will just fail.

it may not be win7 related it may be the speed of the pc, like how fast the pc can determine the usb condition.

but it works fine on mine my wait time from select recovery to plugging in USB was about 3.5 seconds.

BTW unrevoked 3 wont work if you have the loop batch running in adb or HTC sync, it makes it act all screwy sometimes it will get to recovery screen somtimes it will say done but htc sync needs to be turned off and the loop batch needs to be off or it will have problems.

found that out when doing my brothers aria was gonna test unrevoked and almost gave up till i saw loop was still running in background.

was testing the different methods and left loop running from 1st method. killed loop and viola done.
[HTC Aria Android Development] matt_b:
i rooted my phone with the original command prompt/plugin method on win7x64pro with no issues.
[HTC Aria Android Development] NotATreoFan:
Not going to yell... just going to merge it into the appropriate thread.

Please check the announcement at the top of the forum, specifically the part about posting in already existing threads.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Mike's Aria:
Yes, however this is the only thread I've seen saying to first install HTCSync and then uninstall it. This is a very key point to getting it to work.
[HTC Aria Android Development] kennebel:
Thank you!

Thanks a bunch asiancuta! This helped me very easily gain control! Thanks of course, to attn1 for the software. :)
[HTC Aria Android Development] asiancuta:
lol no prob. don't forget to thank the Unrevoked team for the easy rooting software :)
[HTC Aria Android Development] lewdog444:
line 7

seen about 4 or 5 different people with problems after trying to load rom from sd card and then it gets an error at line 7, i too have this problem if anyone has a fix...
[HTC Aria Android Development] lewdog444:
unplug the phone from usb when u get into clockwork and see if it works... i think that's what did it for me...
[HTC Aria Android Development] projectDz:
thanks a ton man! Very useful and comprehensive write up, this helped me out a ton. :D
[HTC Aria Android Development] shallpion:
A stupid question... do I have to install attn1's rom to install the 3-party apps? ....
[HTC Aria Android Development] xdafly:
shallpion, you have to be rooted to be able to enable sideloading of apps. the rom that you flash can be one of several versions.
[HTC Aria Android Development] stickbo:
Thank you for the very concise and informative write up. I to had perused the boards in an attempt to root, but it was mostly clicking link to a link to a link. You did an awesome job. Went perfect the first time with no hiccups.

And of course attn1's software is top notch. UnrEvoked, you guys rock, seriously.

I was kinda bummed coming from a fuze that a child could flash. At first glance it appeared it would be much harder to flash the android, but I was wrong. Its just as easy, well kind of.

I forsee tons of rom flashing in my immediate future. so far the liberated is working GREAT. :)
[HTC Aria Android Development] shallpion:
Thanks for the reply. Maybe I wasn't quite clear, there are two steps in this thread, 1:clockwise recovery, 2: flash the rom. My question is that do I have to flash the rom after installing the clockwise(rooted)? I may want to keep the att navigator....

Thanks
[HTC Aria Android Development] ocswing:
I'm going off your previous question as well since it doesn't seem to make sense without it. Unrevoked provides Clockwork recovery and root access to your phone. Search the forums for the instructions, but with root access on your phone you can remove the AT&T bloatware and sideload apps. You do not need to flash any ROMs for these abilities. Clockwork recovery makes it very simple to do nandroid backups and flash new ROMs if you'd like.
[HTC Aria Android Development] shallpion:
Thank you guys :) Now I understand it.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Freshtojeff:
Can anyone help me out, I followed the steps and was able to get it to install clockwork and rooted, however when I try to flash to attn1s 003 rom i get the Failure at line 7 Installation aborted. I have tried several times and still get this error, even tried what someone suggested in removing the USB as soon as I entered clockwork then install. BTW the 003 rom isn't placed in any folders on my SD card

EDIT: Did a factory wipe and cache wipe and installed just fine. Thanks asiancuta for the write up and att1n for the rom!
[HTC Aria Android Development] yatz:
hey! thank you for this wonderful guide, I did it and it worked? I am not sure because I installed the Att1 ROM and noticed that all the at&t bloatware was gone, clockwork also works... but I have since traveled to Australia and bought a pre paid sim card (gotalk) and when I put it in, it asks me for a network unlock code...so is the phone rooted or not?:confused: thank you for any help in advance :p
[HTC Aria Android Development] jhakker:
Im a little scared of doing this is there a big chance this could go wrong? If so, would it be possible to fix my aria? ........... and if somone could make a video on this it would help out alot of people .... im kinda new to the android thing as you can see, came from iphone jailbreaking and let me tell you iphone jailbreaking is alot easier.
[HTC Aria Android Development] ocswing:
There's a lot of posts from when this device first came out and the process was much more difficult. Now with Unrevoked the process is actually very simple. As far as something going wrong there is always a chance, but I don't think it's very high. Simply follow the directions and things should be fine. I've messed around a fair bit with my phone so far going from Liberated, CM6, and back to stock and while it hasn't always been easy there is nothing wrong with my phone.
[HTC Aria Android Development] BatteriesIncluded:
Video How-To's
[HTC Aria Android Development] yatz:
follow up to the previous post, I am trying to install non- market apps and its saying "install blocked... For security, your phone is set to block instillation of applications not sourced in the android market" so obviously my phone is not rooted... although, I followed the steps... Revoked 3.1 worked and it said "done" at the end...and I installed liberated_aria_b005_signed.zip

so is this working out for everyone? maybe i should wipe my sd card? is there another method you guys recommend?
[HTC Aria Android Development] BatteriesIncluded:
The STICKY in this forum has most of the answers you might need. For side loading there are a few methods you can use. You can edit the settings.db file via sqlite3 following instructions posted here. You could use a HTC Sync version 3.0.5372 which allows side-loading of apps, or you can use a third party software of which there are now several and can be found by googling.
[HTC Aria Android Development] murad12s:
Please answer, Will this process unlock htc aria to usable on every network?

Thanks!
[HTC Aria Android Development] symond:
^^^^ no it will not unlock the phone

and for those who are really confused about rooting

i followd really easy steps shown by unlocker webside i dont know if im allowed to post the link or not if its not allowed than please mod delete this link thanks

http://theunlockr.com/2010/08/02/how-to-root-the-htc-aria-unrevoked-method/
[HTC Aria Android Development] matt_b:
it will not unlock the phone. unlocking and rooting are two different things. to unlock the phone, you will need to go through a 3rd party. there is a discussion about it here.
[HTC Aria Android Development] sljenkins87:
Wow This is great This is just what i was looking for thanks. this was so easy to do. Thanks to everyone that put this to getther.
[HTC Aria Android Development] imhuy:
Perfect guide! Thanks bro!
[HTC Aria Android Development] mattrc77:
hey im going to root my aria but i have a few question being new to this and all.

First can some one simply break down what rooting is and how this effect the phones and then roms?

Thanks a lot guys!
[HTC Aria Android Development] redthunda69:
thank you so much. Had no clue what to do until I read this.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Kizzmiazz:
Thanks to asiancuta and all here helping out. I just got my Aria and the only thing I hated about it was what AT&T did to it (Boat ware , No sideloading , No live walpappers. ) So now with all the help here my phone is rooted , I am able to sideload apps with out the use of my computer , All AT&T boat wear is gone and Coolest thing ever is having live wallpapers running on my Aria ( Which runs perfect AT&T ) got a cool Aquarium as my wallpaper Iphone users get jealus lol

So just wanted to show my appreciation to all who helped.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Nochips4me:
""When you root your phone, you gain “superuser” privileges to the Android operating system. When you are using a stock device, you have the equivalent of “guest” privileges.""

Thanks for the great step by step, much obliged
[HTC Aria Android Development] dashingdon:
How do I confirm that I am rooted ?

I followed your great instruction. Everything went as expected. However when I try to update adfree , system says error occurred with no error message. and also observing random restarts.

How do I confirm that I am rooted ? Thanks in advanced

PS : Just observation. can you post screenshot of the last step in the guide ? system just stays in clockwork mode not telling what to do next .. I just rebooted assuming that's what expected.
[HTC Aria Android Development] vyacon:
props to asiancuta for the guide. painless process for my first root.
[HTC Aria Android Development] NFLBLitz:
Hey!

Thanks for this great walkthrough.

I have one huge issue that is driving me crazy at the moment.

In unrevoked I get through the process easily until i get to the following message " Flashing Recovery Image. Dont touch your phone!"

And it just sits there... and sits there... and sits some more...

Am I doing something wrong that is causing this to not go through correctly?
[HTC Aria Android Development] NFLBLitz:
Please help! I am stuck at the same place what did you do!!!!?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????
[HTC Aria Android Development] stefymarty:
best method right here - tried the ubuntu on a cd way and had no luck.

great tutorial!!
[HTC Aria Android Development] uhhhyeahhh:
thanks for the easy guide to rooting. it really helped!

except now when i'm trying to install Attn1's ROM i'm having issues. i have the line 7 error too. so i tried again and now i'm just stuck on "Formatting SYSTEM:..."

it's been a while. how long should i wait for it until i start worrying and try again?

i had the USB cable plugged in so this could be the issue but i am not even sure if i should continue to wait or try again...

edited: after waiting for quite some time, i decided to take the battery out and try again (this time without the USB cable plugged) and it worked! YAY!

THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE!!!
[HTC Aria Android Development] z3ddicus:
All my contacts are gone... Where is the market?
[HTC Aria Android Development] thatkidjoe:
thanks for this =]
[HTC Aria Android Development] KenobiCode:
Help

I must be doing something wrong. I cannot for the life of me to get this to work. I cannot take/find htc sync to remove it... please help. I feel like an idiot.
[HTC Aria Android Development] kickmongwi:
HELP!

I followed the steps up until it asks to install the downloaded zip file. Di all of that and located it on my sd car and loaded it.

First time got an error:

E:Can't symlink /system/bin/bugreport

E:Failure at line 7:

symlink dumpstate SYSTEM:bin/bugreport

Installation aborted.

SO i tried again (why i dont know)

Now its stuck on:

Formatting SYSTEM:...

for more then 20 mins now

What do I do?
[HTC Aria Android Development] FZ1Darren:
i right clicked the icon in the win 7 "tool drawer" on the right side of the windows task bar. i chose exit. didn't uninstall it and install went fine. not sure if you never installed sync, i think you need some of the drivers for it to get the install to work properly.
[HTC Aria Android Development] slightly.stoopid:
Did u flash the gapps, google apps after flashing the rom?

HTC Aria Cyanogen 6 overclocked to 845mhz using Tapatalk Pro
[HTC Aria Android Development] dw73:
Same here. I took the battery out then started over. Delete dalvik cache is under "Advanced" on the Aria by the way. The second time around it worked. Don't ask me why.
[HTC Aria Android Development] augie7107:
Nice idiot proof tutorial.

Had my device complete in twenty minutes.

I'll play with this device for awhile until SE releases the 2.1 upgrade for the X10.

Could be more than awhile with their track record.
[HTC Aria Android Development] asiancuta:
seems the new updated version of Unrevoked (there was an older version when i first wrote this) and any Liberated Roms after R006 cause issues with rooting and installing the rom afterwards. not sure how or why and i don't plan on trying to duplicate this on my phone.

I would advise sticking with Liberated R06 or earlier. I currently use R04 and have no issues. I have wireless tether and app side-loading enabled, and battery life is superb.

sorry i can't be of any further help than this :\ i only wanted to write an easy guide to rooting and flashing. but i've slowly gotten more knowledable in android and adb pushing files onto the phone. but don't want to risk bricking my phone and causing issues.

i greatly appreciate everyone that has been able to help others on here.
[HTC Aria Android Development] voldemarv:
It's my first post but I disagree. All was smooth with recent Unrevoked (I did it from WinXP) and R012.
[HTC Aria Android Development] asiancuta:
glad to hear :) maybe folks are failing to read "for windows XP/Vista" and are having issues trying on windows 7? :\ i dunno.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Milx:
Will This work For HTC Aria Purchase in malaysia ? and the Rom too ?
[HTC Aria Android Development] vdubjim:
Worked great here.

No AT&T crap, got the H instead of 3G, coolness.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Flaming_Wall-Dragon:
this is the ONLY method that worked for me, and only took 10 minutes. Much simpler than the other HOW TOs. They were a waste of 5 hours... :confused:

I am on Win7 x64 Home, just purchased HTC Aria (11/30/2010) and used the modified HBOOT driver. Hopefully Aria owners find this thread and not the shadowfox or theunlockr.com threads. I downloaded about 600MB of useless crap on their recommendation.